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supra venis primariis parce impressis viridissima infra pallida costa ele- 

 vata. Spica mascula 2-4 crn. longa vulgo simplex basi bracteis parvis 

 squamosis imbricatis suffulta ; flores in axillis bractearurn evoluti, bractea 

 depresso-hernisphcericadorso resinosavix 1mm. longa, torus circitor 1 mm. 

 longus 2-3 bracteolatus, in quaque bracteola stamina 3-4. filamenta vix 

 1 mm. longa, antheras atro-sanguineas 1 mm. longas biloculares laterali 

 dehiscentes, connectivum haud evolutum. Spica f aaminea circiter 10 mm. 

 longa in totam longitudinem bracteata, in parte superiore flos faemmeus 

 in quaque bractea solitarius,bracteola34bipares ovato-acuminate, ovarium 

 minimum ovoideum apice ramis styli binis coronatum. Drupa matura 

 10-15 mm. lata sphasrica ex viride per sanguineam in atro-sanguineam 

 variat, exocarpio succoso edule. 

 Nom. Jap. Yama-momo. 

 Nom. Quelpsertense. Sog-nam. 

 Hab. 

 Quelpasrt : in silvis Hongno (U. Faurie no. 1541) ; secus torrentes Hongno 

 (E. Taquet no. 4704) ; in silvis Hioton (E. Taquet no. 5980); in decli- 

 vitate australe pede montis Hallasan (T. Nakai no- 4890) ; pede montis 

 Hallasan (T. Nakai no. 474) ; in latere boreale pede montis Hallasan 

 (T. Nakai no. 336). 



Distr. Hondo, Sbikoku, Kiusiu, Iki, Tsusima, Goto, Liukiu, Formosa 

 et China. 



In Liukiu and Formosa, a narrow leaved variety Myrica rubra, var. 

 acuminata, comb. nov. {Myrica Nagi /3. acuminata C. de Candolle) is 

 more frequent than the ordinary form. 



Myrica rubra var. acuminata Nakai, comb. nov. 

 Syn. Myrica Nagi /3 acuminata C. de Candolle, Prodr. XVI pt. 2, p. 

 151 (1864). 

 Myrica rubra (non Siebold & Zuccarini) Matsumuea & Hayata, 

 Enum. PI. Formos. p. 391 (1906), pro parte-MATSUMURA, Ind. 

 PL Jap. II 2 p. 6 (1912), pro parte-MAKiNO & Nemoto, Fl. Jap. 

 p. HIS (1925), pro parte ; ed. 2 p. 176 (1931), pro parte. 

 Myrica rubra var. formosana Hayata in sched. Herb. Imp. Univ. 

 Tokyo. 



